Talk: 7 minutes down - a tour of the Boulby deep underground science facility
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2026.
Being deep underground for science is a weird but wonderful thing. One of only a dozen globally, is the UK’s very own deep underground science facility, located 1.1 km beneath North Yorkshire in the deepest mine in Britain.
Subject to a million times less cosmic radiation than the surface, the underground environment at Boulby facilitates a range of both pure and applied multidisciplinary science, including the search for dark matter, neutrino detector development, the testing of Mars rovers and their technologies, studies of the Earth and the environment, quantum technology research, and much more.
Join Emma Meehan, Facilities, Operations and Outreach Manager at the Boulby Underground Laboratory who, with the help of her subterranean colleagues, gives a very special tour of the facility and its science projects by live video link.
Attending the event
This event will be held in the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society on Thursday 2 July 2026, 1pm – 1.30pm.
- Free to attend as part of Summer Science Exhibition on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to seat availability. We recommend that visitors arrive 10-15 minutes before the session
- Eventbrite tickets for Summer Science Exhibition are recommended, with only a limited number of walk up tickets released on the day
- Suitable for students aged 14+
- This talk will take place in person
- A recording of this talk will be available later on the
- Live subtitles will be available
- Travel and accessibility information and details on planning your visit - contact us directly to arrange any specific accessibility requirements
- Food and drink will be available for purchase at our onsite café
For all enquiries, please email us.